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GIG REVIEW – Crapsons @ Crapfest, Liverpool – 22.07.23

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I recall six years ago, two fresh faced wannabe Scousers touting their one and only track You Don’t Know When You’re Gonna Die to all and sundry. A stand up drummer (not the comedy type) in the form of Andy Gilbert and a screeching bassist that is Mike Markey. What they lacked in depth, they made up with stage presence and a determination to get in your faces.

Fast forward to the present day, and the duo that is Crapsons is now (more often than not) a trio, with a guitarist added to the line up. Pete Williamson and his Half Man Half Biscuit-esq style fills that depth, cementing the sound. In your faces is what they’re good at, playing countless gigs and also earning support slots with heavyweights like The Undertones and Pulled Apart By Horses.

They are all things crap – Crapsons, Crap Records and, of course Crapfest – now in its fifth year and building on a solid foundation of diversity. From folk to punk to indie to ska to a Crapfamily and everything in-between.
Rather than headline their own festival, Crapsons open it…More

Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio 21.03.2022 – Crapsons in session

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Tonight we have a session from Birkenhead’s second best punk band, Crapsons, who play the Rock City this Friday with Half Man Half Biscuit and last Friday they released a mini-album on Friday called ‘Songs To Make A Brew To’ (see review) featuring beautifully horrible short blasts of social commentary…
The songs in session were recorded by the team at The Ferret, Preston during lockdown in March 2021 – it went out live on Facebook – bringing back not too distant memories of those weird times when bands played virtual gigs – (I’ve done a few myself, but only because no one turned up – nothing to do with lockdown).

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GIG REVIEW – Spam Javelin, Glitchers, Crapsons, Parker @ The Pavilion, Colwyn Bay

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The last time two members of Parker played over here it was a few days before we went into national lockdown. They were called Gas Hands then, but now, with a new bassist, the band from Derry are on a UK tour, and fair play to them. Perhaps they are soothsayers, as by the time you read this martial law will probably have been reinstated (in Wales anyway). (‘Lock your doors, close your minds, only the elite may gather in numbers, you scum can die alone’).More

Crapfest 2021 – Liverpool

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EBGB’s and Jacaranda, Liverpool

I am big fan of self-depreciation and the lowering of expectations to all the more be pleasantly surprised when anything goes right or is good, so it’s great to report that Crapfest did exactly NOT what it said on the tin.  The theme stemmed from its founders, the anarchic Wirral two-piece of the Crapsons setting up a gig of friends, established band connections, and any excuse for a party.More

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